PGA Championship 2018 live blog: Adam Scott, Jason Day in hunt at Bellerive Country Club

ADAM Scott has finished third in the final major of the year following an action packed final round that included a classic Tigers Woods charge.

Scott (-13) finished behind Brooks Koepka (-16) and Woods (-14) in an epic final day battle at the Bellerive Country Club in Missouri. Koepka closed with a four-under 66, playing poised mistake-free gold down the stretch. It is Koepka’s second major of the year and his third overall to go with his two US Open victories. “Everyone got going around the turn; a lot of roars happening out there. It was good fun to be in it,” said Scott. “I just missed putts on 14 and 15 and Brooks made them; my momentum was gone and I didn’t play the last two holes very well.” Woods’ Sunday charge electrified the packed galleries and capped a six-under 64 with a long birdie putt at the 18th, pumping his fist as if he had won. It was the four-time PGA champion’s lowest final round in a major. “It was a struggle, I found a little bit of something on the back nine and I made a bit of a run,” said Woods. “I was hanging in with my mind basically, it kind of got me through.” But Koepka kept his game together, with hardly a stray shot. After wasting one chance to put it away, Koepka ran kept attacking flags and ran in birdie putts of 10 feet on No. 15 and 7 feet on No. 16 to end the drama. He tapped in for par on the final hole to set the PGA Championship scoring record at 264. It also tied the major championship record that Henrik Stenson set at Royal Troon two years ago in the British Open. Playing in the final group alongside Koepka, Scott dropped from two to four shots back on the first hole when he made bogey to Koepka’s birdie. But he rallied with two birdies before the turn which gave the 2013 Masters winner a hope of reeling in Koepka on the back nine. Scott jagged birdies at the 10th and 12th, before another at the 13th launched him into a tie for the lead. But Koepka responded by picking up shots at the 15th and 16th and never looked back. They both missed 6-foot birdies on the 17th, and Scott had to settle for third when he bogeyed the final hole for a 67. Koepka calmly two-putting for par on 18. The St. Louis fans waited 17 years to see Woods, and he delivered a performance that took golf back in time. Without hitting a fairway on the front nine, Woods cut the four-shot deficit to two. Dialed in on the back nine, he hit his approach to a foot on the 15th hole to get within one shot. Koepka heard it all and answered with great shots of his own, finally converting the birdies to pull away. The unflappable Koepka became the fifth player to win the U.S. Open and the PGA in the same year. The others are Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen. Jason Day was the next best placed Australian in a tie for 19th, unable to produce a challenge with his round of one-over leaving him at seven-under for the tournament. Final round scores from PGA Championship here today (par-70). 264: Brooks Koepka (USA) 69 63 66 66 266: Tiger Woods (USA) 70 66 66 64 267: Adam Scott (AUS) 70 65 65 67 269: Jon Rahm (ESP) 68 67 66 68, Stewart Cink (USA) 67 69 66 67 270: Justin Thomas (USA) 69 65 68 68, Thomas Pieters (BEL) 67 66 71 66, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 68 67 68 67, Gary Woodland (USA) 64 66 71 69 271: Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 71 67 69 64, Rafael Cabrera (ESP) 70 68 69 64 272: Shane Lowry (IRL) 69 64 69 70, Rickie Fowler (USA) 65 67 69 71, Kevin Kisner (USA) 67 64 72 69, Jordan Spieth (USA) 71 66 69 66, Chez Reavie (USA) 71 68 67 66, Brandon Stone (RSA) 66 68 70 68, Daniel Berger (USA) 73 65 66 68 273: Matt Wallace (ENG) 71 66 68 68, Julian Suri (USA) 69 66 68 70, Kevin Na (USA) 70 69 68 66, Justin Rose (ENG) 67 69 69 68, Zach Johnson (USA) 66 70 71 66, Jason Kokrak (USA) 68 67 71 67, Jason Day (AUS) 67 68 67 71, Webb Simpson (USA) 68 68 68 69 FOLLOW ALL THE FINAL-ROUND ACTION IN OUR BLOG BELOW